The USS Hornet pulls into Norfolk Navy Yard

Completed by Newport News Shipbuilding three months ahead of the schedule, the USS Hornet was commissioned in Norfolk just six weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

Completed by Newport News Shipbuilding three months ahead of the schedule, the USS Hornet was commissioned in Norfolk just six weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Heritage and History Command)

Completed by Newport News Shipbuilding three months ahead of the schedule, the USS Hornet was commissioned in Norfolk just six weeks before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.